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Tag: Neanderthals
What Neanderthal jewelry means
It’s not just that the ornaments did not have a practical use. They probably expressed something. Eagle talons, for example, might imply something about the person who wore them, in the same way that a peace sign implies something about the wearer today. But it may have implied the opposite thing.
Research into Neanderthal toolmaking suggests that most were right-handed
And customized their tools to the user. These are not the Neanderthals of the late twentieth century. Those were incredibly stupid brutes. Funny how much Neanderthals have learned in only a couple of decades…
Well, if Neanderthal history is as complex as other human histories…
That’s bad for “evolutionary theory.” Actual histories of the Neanderthals are like actual histories of the Navaho or the Welsh. What they “would have” done doesn’t matter; only what they apparently did. Enter historical interpretation from a variety of schools of thought.
Once again: Did Neanderthals speak?
At the Sapiens site, Goldfield offers some sound files that might represent Neanderthal vs, current vocalization.
Researchers: Declining Neanderthal fertility caused extinction, not violence
Demographic decline is insidious because its pace appears slow in human terms (generations) but eventually, a freefall can occur. For example, young Neanderthals would eventually find themselves joining other groups because there aren’t enough other Neanderthals around. And the rest is… 23 and me.
Researchers: Tooth studies show that Neanderthals “split” from modern humans 800 kya, not 300-500 kya
If Neanderthals “diverged” from “modern humans” 800,000 years ago but many of us have Neanderthal genes (yeah, 23andMe stuff, for sure), what chance is there that much of the contention is based on the fact that we don’t really know enough to be sure of very many things?
Did the Neanderthals have a cult going 130,000 years ago?
About the golden eagle. Okay, “cult” isn’t a designation of praise but it’s way better than how the Neanderthals were thought of in the past. Anyway, we are told that the birds used to snatch Neanderthal children. Maybe it was revenge.?
Did Neanderthals prize golden eagle claws for their symbolic value?
Researchers think that the claws may have had symbolic value. Another way of putting it is, anyone can gather feathers.
New film: What if a Neanderthal were alive today?
A critic finds that the show has unexpected depth.
Smithsonian belatedly asks, What do we really know about Neanderthals?
What do we know? Well, we know what the science establishment has told us, that’s what. Previously, the science establishment spent a lot of time looking for the Darwinians’ subhumans. At all times, thin on the ground, it would seem. So they drafted the Neanderthals because, well, they were there. Now it seems, they have discharged them.
Researchers: Neanderthals shared genes with woolly mammoths
Rob Sheldon: This article suggests that Neanderthals and Wooly Mammoths had the same unique LEPR gene (unknown to humans and elephants).
Researchers: Warm weather made cannibals of Neanderthals
The researchers see it as a desperate measure. They don’t (and, of course, shouldn’t) rule out ritual cannibalism, which could also be a response to stress (= if we eat this person, we will absorb his ability to spot big game). Slowly the picture comes in and we are still looking for that subhuman Darwin promised us.
The Neanderthals are undergoing a renaissance
The artwork accompanying a recent essay makes them look positively human. Just where Ooga! Ooga! has got himself to now, we are not sure.
Latest from Daytime Soaps 120,000 BC season: Inbreeding may have caused Neanderthal extinction
Well, now that our writer mentions it, we don’t really have thousands of Neanderthals for a big sociological study. It’s interesting, of course, and the main thing is, we can probably get more information as we continue to dig.